firemouths

[piranhagrowing_guy]

i just added a pair of fm,s to my 90 there like 3 1/2" long a male and female
now they live with my oscar and a peacock cichlid. that ok??


the only thing that sucks about my 90g is my filter's are ac,30,ac,50 and a 33g (ugf) hooked up to a fluval 301 powerhead... bad eh?!?!? im getting a eheim 2260 it's for up to 400g tanks think that will work ok for a while...

 

[Headrush]

hey man I just set up a CA 90 gallon with a Firemouth, JD, and GT etc... Got 2 AC 110's for around $45 each. Awesome filtration and way less strain on the bank account. Fish are really happy and I still have $$$ for BEER!

 

[Stab]

Your peacock will eventually eat FMs

 

[thebestincali2000]

what are the temperments of firemouths

 

[Gourami Swami]

If by peacock you mean A T. Buttikoferi

, then GET RID OF IT! it will kill anything else.

 

[Headrush]

If by peacock you mean A T. Buttikoferi

, then GET RID OF IT! it will kill anything else.

Right On Swami! Had one of them myself. Mean Mutha!!

 

[señor_pescados_felices]

what are the temperments of firemouths

They can sometimes be too aggressive for their own good.
As I have heard one MFK member so adequately phrase it:

"Firemouths often write a check their butts can't cash"

 

[Stab]

If by peacock you mean A T. Buttikoferi, then GET RID OF IT! it will kill anything else.

Can someone please enlighten me as to who refers to tilapia butticoferi as a "peacock"? And most importantly WHY?

 

[piranhagrowing_guy]

my fm's are a pair who i got from my friend whos dad!! who almost killed them cause he fed my friends oscar trout guts yuk any way the oscar did not eat it and it rotted in the tank!!!! it killed all his african's but the oscar and the fms did not die....
may cause there from SA i dunno mabye just lucky?
any ways there so so skidish and there afraid of ppl cause my friend brot them over when i was not !HOME!! i was like omg! he had them in a tabbacco can together in his bacpak i told him he's lucky he did not kill them cause he always ride's a bike.... and the peacocks name starts with an n.
nisea or nisea don'tt kno how to spell it oh! ac,110's cost me like $110... so two would be hella as well so im gonna go with the 2260 if i can fined one..... get if there's anything you ppl think i should know..

 

[Headrush]

Can someone please enlighten me as to who refers to tilapia butticoferi as a "peacock"? And most importantly WHY?

I think a peacock was a different fish than zebra tilapia/buttikoferi too